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Author
Index
B |
Wilhelmina
Baird |
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Title
Index
C |
Crashcourse |
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| Year |
1993 |
| Publisher |
Ace
Books |
| ISBN |
0441121632 |
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Synopsis
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In
the cyber-tech
world of tomorrow,
the rich get their
kicks from
watching films
with emotional
implants - where
the viewer feels
whatever the actor
feels. To
achieve absolute
realism, the
players don't know
the script - they
simply react to
whatever happens
to them. For
all they know,
this is real life
and the film
hasn't started
yet. It's a
dangerous
job. But the
money is
irresistible ...
Cass, Moke, and
Dosh had it all
figured out: Sign
a movie contract
and you had it
made, right?
... Not if you're
starring in the
new cyber-cinema
and the audience
plugs into your
emotions.
Not if you can't
tell the
difference between
real life and reel
life. And
especially not if
your co-star is a
mass murderess ... |
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Review
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"A
pungent, gleamy-dark
street-future,
illuminated with
memorable style, a
gratifying nasty
sense of humour,
and a killer eye
for twisted
technological
detail."
William Gibson |
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Credit:
NASA
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Back
on Earth
After
six months
in space,
Expedition
8
Commander
Michael
Foale
gives the
thumbs up
sign after
a smooth
landing in
Kazakhstan.
Foale
returned
to Earth
in a Soyuz
spacecraft
with
Expedition
8 Flight
Engineer
Alexander
Kaleri,
and
European
Space
Agency
Astronaut
Andre
Kuipers.
During
this
mission,
Foale
became the
U.S.
record-holder
for most
cumulative
time in
space. He
now has
374 days
in orbit. |
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NASA
Image of
the day
archive |
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